{"id":251231,"date":"2025-07-14T23:41:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T13:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=64107"},"modified":"2025-07-14T23:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T13:41:04","slug":"railway-works-commence-inside-divaca-kopers-longest-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=251231","title":{"rendered":"Railway works commence inside Diva\u010da\u2013Koper\u2019s longest tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After delays caused a shifted deadline for the completion of the whole project, railway works are finally underway along Section 1 of the future Diva\u010da\u2013Koper line. The track superstructure, which includes tracks, overhead line and signalling, is being implemented along Lokev Tunnel, the longest one of the new infrastructure.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-64107\"><\/span>\u201cWhile the final construction works are being carried out in the tunnels on Section 1, the laying of the track on a rigid base will begin at the same time and the installation of the remaining necessary equipment will begin\u201d, said 2TDK, the company which will manage the infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Section 1 includes the route between Diva\u010da to \u010crni Kal. The biggest projects on this stretch are the Lokev and Beka tunnels, which are connected via the Glin\u0161\u010dica Viaduct. The delays mentioned above were caused by works on this viaduct, which led to higher costs and a postponed deadline. Now, the companies involved will carry out construction and railway works simultaneously to try and make up for the time and resources lost.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"readmore\">\n<div class=\"readmore-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/infrastructure\/2025\/02\/11\/divaca-koper-project-costs-rise-23-by-million-euros-completion-postponed\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Divaca-Koper-site-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"readmore-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-info\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/infrastructure\/2025\/02\/11\/divaca-koper-project-costs-rise-23-by-million-euros-completion-postponed\/\" class=\"readmore-title\">Diva\u010da-Koper: project costs rise by 23 million euros, completion postponed<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>The Diva\u010da\u2013Koper line<\/h2>\n<p>Currently, Koper and Diva\u010da are connected by an almost 60 years old single-track line, which is the only rail line connecting to Slovenia\u2019s largest port. The new Diva\u010da\u2013Koper line is thus expected to become an important corridor both for Slovenia and the TEN-T network. Through eight tunnels and three viaducts, rail connectivity to and from the port of Koper shall massively improve once the line is ready. The opening of the new railway is planned for Spring 2026, two years after initially scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>The initial plan was to build only one new track. However, a decision was made in February 2023 to create an additional line on the left side of the one currently under construction. Building this line should be a little easier, as many of the service tunnels used during this construction will become part of the newer line. Work should start next year and a full opening is planned for 2030.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, after 2030, the port of Koper will go from having two brand new lines connecting it to Diva\u010da. On the other hand, traffic between Koper and Pre\u0161nica along the old line will be discontinued by then. Rail freight to and from the port of Koper has been suffering by the lack of resilient infrastructure and lack of capacity. For example, Metrans had to cancel 29 trains in April and various disruption significantly affected the situation in the Summer of 2024.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 20px auto; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/map-slo.jpg\" alt=\"The future Diva\u010da-Koper railway. Image: \u00a9\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2321\" \/><figcaption style=\"padding: 10px 15px; font-size: 14px; background: #f8f8f8; text-align: left; color: #555;\">The future Diva\u010da-Koper railway. Image: \u00a9 Slovenian Government<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After delays caused a shifted deadline for the completion of the whole project, railway works are finally underway along Section 1 of the future Diva\u010da\u2013Koper\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5669,5671,343,47,5674],"tags":[12634],"class_list":["post-251231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2tdk","category-divaca-koper-railway","category-infrastructure","category-rail-news","category-slovenia","tag-railfreight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=251231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252142,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251231\/revisions\/252142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=251231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=251231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=251231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}